Book, Hymn, Verse
1 AppII | generally of three or four Padas, measures, divisions, or
2 AppII | or unequal length. These Padas most usually contain eight
3 AppII | than these numbers. The Padas of a stanza are generally
4 AppII | one stanza, and then the Padas vary in quantity and length.
5 AppII | being generally iambic in Padas of eight and of twelve syllables
6 AppII | text the first and second Padas form one line, and the third,
7 AppII | of Trstup, in which two Padas contain twelve instead of
8 AppII | Anustubh: consisting of four Padas of eight syllables each,
9 AppII | eight syllables each, two Padas forming a line. This is
10 AppII | and the three following Padas of eight syllables each.~
11 AppII | Asti: consisting of four Padas of Sixteen syllables each,
12 AppII | Astrapaikti: consisting of two Padas of eight syllables each,
13 AppII | syllables each, followed by two Padas of twelve syllables each.~
14 AppII | syllables each.~Atidhrti: four Padas of nineteen syllables each, =
15 AppII | syllables.~Atijagati: four Padas of thirteen syllables each.~
16 AppII | Atincrti: consisting of three Padas containing respectively
17 AppII | syllables.~Atisakvari: four Padas of fifteen syllables each.~
18 AppII | syllables each.~Atyasti: four Padas of seventeen syllables each.~
19 AppII | syllables each.~Brhati: four Padas ( 8 + 8 + 12 + 8) containing
20 AppII | Gayatri consisting of two Padas only (12+8 or 10+10 syllables);
21 AppII | generally as a triplet of three Padas of eight syllables each,
22 AppII | syllables arranged in four Padas of twelve syllables each,
23 AppII | twelve syllables each, two Padas forming a line or hemistich
24 AppII | Kakubh: a metre of three Padas consisting of eight, twelve,
25 AppII | Nyakusira; consisting of three Padas of 9+12+4 syllables.~Krti:
26 AppII | syllables.~Krti: a metre of four Padas. of twenty syllables each.~
27 AppII | syllables stands between two Padas of twelve.~Mahibrhati: four
28 AppII | twelve.~Mahibrhati: four Padas of eight syllables each,
29 AppII | line consisting of four Padas of five syllables each,
30 AppII | Nyankusarini: a metre of four Padas of 8 + 12 + 8 + 8 syllables.~
31 AppII | metre consisting of five Padas of five syllables each.~
32 AppII | metre of five octosyllabic Padas, like Anustup with an additional
33 AppII | Pratistha: a metre of four Padas of four syllables each;
34 AppII | Gayatri consisting of three Padas of eight, seven, and six
35 AppII | Pura-usnih: a metre of three Padas, containing 12+8+8 syllables.~
36 AppII | Sakvari: a metre of four Padas of fourteen syllables each.~
37 AppII | Satobrhati: a metre whose even Padas contain eight syllables
38 AppII | Skandhogriva: consisting of Padas of 8 + 12 + 8 + 8 syllables.~
39 AppII | Tanusira: consisting of three Padas of 11 + 11 + 6 syllables.~
40 AppII | Tristubh: a metre of four Padas of eleven syllables each.~
41 AppII | Uparistadbrhati: consisting of four Padas of 12 + 8 + 8 + 8 syllables.~
42 AppII | Usniggarbha: Gayatri of three Padas of six, seven, and eleven
43 AppII | Usnih: consisting of three Padas of 8 + 8 + 12 syllables.~
44 AppII | Viparita: a metre of four Padas resembling Vistarapankti.~
45 AppII | a Tristup metre of four Padas, 11 + 11 + 11 + 7 or 8 syllables.~
46 AppII | Viraj: a metre of four Padas of ten syllables each.~Viratpurva:
47 AppII | a form of Brhati of four Padas containing 8 + 10 + 10 +
48 AppII | Pankti consisting of four padas of 8+12+12+8-40 syllables.~
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